Tohoku EVOLVED

Tohoku EVOLVED

Song Information

File:Tohoku.png

Tohoku EVOLVED's album art.

Artist: 2.1MB underground
Composition: TAG underground
Arrangement: U1-2MB[k]-PROJECT
BPM: 340
Length: 1:39
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

None, except for a soundbite of "our thoughts and prayers are with you".

Song Connections / Remixes

• Tohoku EVOLVED is part of the EVOLVED series of songs. Other songs in the series include:
  • tokyoEVOLVED by NAOKI underground, which appears in DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY.
  • osaka EVOLVED -毎度、おおきに！- by NAOKI underground, which appears in DanceDanceRevolution HOTTEST PARTY2.
  • L.A. EVOLVED by NAOKI underground, which appears in DanceDanceRevolution UNIVERSE3.
  • roppongi EVOLVED by TAG underground, which appears in DanceDanceRevolution X2.
  • New York EVOLVED by NC underground, which appears in DanceDanceRevolution (2010).
  • London EVOLVED by TAG underground, which appears in DanceDanceRevolution II.
    • Tohoku EVOLVED is a remix of London EVOLVED.

Trivia

• Tohoku EVOLVED was the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE song of the EXTRA TOUR event in DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX. It could be played as an ENCORE EXTRA STAGE since May 30th, 2012.
  • As of September 26th, 2012, Tohoku EVOLVED was moved down to EXTRA STAGE.
  • As of November 5th, 2012, Tohoku EVOLVED was unlocked for normal play.
• Tohoku EVOLVED references the earthquake and tsunami that struck the Tohoku region of Japan on March 2011.
  • When cleared, the usual "Cleared" message is replaced by a blue "Pray for All" message. This message is retained in DanceDanceRevolution (2013).
• Tohoku EVOLVED's BPM is shown as 340. However, Tohoku EVOLVED's real BPM is 42.5-1020. This is most likely because the game can show BPM in only three digits.
  • This makes Tohoku EVOLVED the song with the highest BPM at any point (1020 BPM) in the DanceDanceRevolution series, topping the 800 BPM of Pluto Relinquish.
  • Tohoku EVOLVED also has the highest BPM at any point in all BEMANI games, topping Y&Co. is dead or alive's 876 BPM from beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS.
• Unlike most of the songs part of the EVOLVED series, Tohoku EVOLVED has only one version. Instead, Tohoku EVOLVED has 4 different charts with only the last jump (during the speed-up to 1020 BPM) being in a different corner. This jump is random and affects all charts (except BEGINNER).
• During Tohoku EVOLVED, the announcer does not speak anything else than combo announcements. The only other song to do this is PARANOiA Revolution.
• Getting an AA on any EVOLVED song on EXTRA STAGE during the EXTRA TOUR event with the WAVE option on, which would have triggered Tohoku EVOLVED as the ENCORE EXTRA STAGE, would not allow the player to access Tohoku EVOLVED. This is most likely a reference to the tsunami.
• Tohoku EVOLVED's marks Yuichi Asami's first use of his 2.1MB underground alias in BEMANI.

Song Production Infomation

Untranslated.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)

Game	Single					Double
	Beginner	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge	Basic	Difficult	Expert	Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows	228 / 1	340 / 2	495 / 2	656 / 17	690 / 46 / 0	332 / 2	488 / 2	626 / 8	677 / 27 / 0
DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX→Present	6	9	14	17	18	9	14	17	18